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Bobby Sock trees on Tangled Creek, Yellowstone National Park. I am curious as to what mood this image says to you? For me being in this place and time, it was “calm”. Cold, still, foggy morning with gentle runoff from a nearby geyser.
I love the mood of this, Chris! Even though it’s a cold, wintery scene with dormant trees, I still see the optimism of the coming season of spring in the warm tones of the fog and the soft atmosphere surrounding the trees. Very lovely!
It’s images like this that make me feel like I have taken up the wrong hobby. Maybe knitting is more my style.
The image is beautiful. The scene feels cold and desolate but still it draws me in to go further. The very limited colour palette is very appealing to me.
Keith, this photo is great! I think the mood it gives me is somewhat a mix of foreboding with a sense of calm as well. I really love the river as a leading line and the way the photo is balanced so well. The trees also add to the story its telling and add contrast which livens up the photo too. The only thing i notice is that the bottom right seems to be darkened or blurred a little too much in contrast with the other side, as though a brush mask meant to decrease exposure got put in the wrong spot or applied too heavily. But other than that its a keeper for sure! Job well done!
Holee Cow!! This is wonderful! Such delicate tonalities, just dripping with mood!
The LR corner does bother me a little, maybe for the stream making a slightly abrupt exit. How would it be cropped from the bottom just enough to remove that curve?
But that is a small thing – I really can see this as a serious large print – in a serious large gallery!
Keith: Marvelous scene and comp IMO. One can almost hear the silence, interrupted only by the light flow of the stream. A magical place superbly captured and presented. >=))>
@beth_young@Glenys_Passier@Sandy_Richards-Brown@bryant@Diane_Miller@Bill_Fach - Much appreciate all the feedback on this one! That lower right corner is giving me fits! I did remove a distraction and it did end up soft. Also, the creek running right to the corner of the image feels off. I posted a rework with a crop to maybe correct this but I am unsure if I like it better than the original? I think this is one case where I should have paid a bit more attention to the composition and at least grabbed a few other compositions by moving my feet.
The RW works for me! It loses just a bit of the feeling of depth, but the image is SO outstanding that the loss is trivial, and maybe it’s just my imagination anyway.
I am humbled by the talent on NPN and to get EP, well I am floored!
Thank you @Diane_Miller@Bill_Fach@Glenys_Passier for the feedback! As I went through my images from the trip, I remember standing on the side of the road and having to work around a culvert that the little creek runs through under the road. I have some other compositions of this scene that I will play with and see if something interesting comes up!
Hi Keith,
I am late to the party, but I have to say this is stunning! It obviously has a cold feel to it, but I find it very inviting as well. This puts me right there almost as though I can feel the cold mist on my face. It also says solitude to me as well. This had to be magical to witness and savor first hand. BTW, congrats on the EP as it is well deserved. I think this would make a wonderful print.
Thank you very much! This was my first time to Yellowstone and I was overwhelmed by just how surreal the landscape is early in the morning with temps nearing -30 below zero. I was very fortunate to get a spot in the Exploring Exposure workshop this year. Because our home base was deep inside the park, we had access to first light in some of these magical places. So being at the right place at the right time was much of the effort for this one!
I like the original lower right corner better. Where the contents of the stream exit at a more relaxed pace across the bottom and right frame edges. As opposed to the rushed exit of the entire stream contents staight out of the bottom of the frame (like a kitchen sink drain?) in the revised version.
Thanks, Franz for the feedback! Yes, that corner is a bit tricky, I think I like them both. But still need to go through my images again and see if I have another composition to play with.
